Mavenhill Classics · No. 27
As I Lay Dying
Foreword by A.M. KhalifaIllustrated by Carmen Noisiv
Choose a format
ISBN 978-1940387710 · Published February 7, 2026
No. 27 in Mavenhill Classics, this annotated Deluxe Edition presents William Faulkner’s landmark 1930 novel with extensive companion material: a contemporary foreword, structured reader notes, a substantial critical essay drawing on Faulkner’s own recorded remarks and interviews, and an original biographical study of his life, influences, failures and achievements.
The Bundren family sets out on a harrowing journey across rural Mississippi to fulfill a dying wish. Told through a sequence of fractured interior monologues, the novel shows how grief, obligation and desire distort perception and fracture truth, each voice pulling the story further from resolution.
A cornerstone of literary modernism, As I Lay Dying appears here in Faulkner’s original text, with guidance that deepens understanding without simplifying the novel’s complexity.
- Genres
- Classics, Literary Fiction
- Language
- English
- Imprint
- Mavenhill Classics, no. 27
- Published
- February 7, 2026 · 258 pages
